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[birds tweeting, trees rustling]
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[gun being loaded]
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[sinister music]
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[Pieter] You can just see his head
sticking out there.
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Wait for him to stand up.
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[heavy breathing]
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Then I want you to shoot him, please.
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[lion lows faintly]
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Can you see him?
Take the shot.
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[gunshot]
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[lion roars]
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[men speaking in foreign language]
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[gun being cocked, fired]
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[Pieter] He's gone now.
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[man laughs]
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[camera shutter clicking]
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[Joni] My name is Joni Rubin.
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But my friends just call me Rogue.
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I was born in South Africa.
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And even though we left when I was young,
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Africa has always felt like home.
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Like so many people,
I've watched in helpless disbelief
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as elephants became critically endangered.
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Now the rhino are on
the verge of extinction,
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with only 30,000 remaining in the wild.
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And white rhinos even have
their own personal security guards.
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But I had no idea
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that there are
only 20,000 lions in the wild.
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How could I not know this?
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[reporter] Conservation group LionAid says
that lions have disappeared
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from 25 African countries in recent years.
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Wildlife NGO Panthera surveyed
11 West African nations
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where lions should be expected.
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However, lions or their tracks
were spotted in just five.
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[reporter 2] Conservationists warn
there'll be no lions left in Kenya,
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unless urgent action is taken.
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[Joni] This was horrifying.
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I knew I had to do something.
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If we can't save and protect
the most iconic animal on the planet,
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what hope does any species have?
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They say there's one defining moment
in everyone's lives,
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and this is the story of mine.
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[dramatic music]
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[Joni] I know what you're thinking.
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Who the hell is this guy?
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[gunshot]
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He's a professional trophy hunter,
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and he is paid to find
the strongest, best looking animals
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-for people to kill.
-[gunshots continues]
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And in my journey to help save wild lions,
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I learnt I needed to get close
to men like these.
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Their secretive world is playing
a key role in the lions' extinction.
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But I knew they would never accept
a liberal, vegetarian girl.
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So I did what any young,
rational woman would do.
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I created a fake identity
and decided to go undercover.
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I would be alone,
in deepest, darkest Africa,
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with men who killed for pleasure.
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How did I pull this off?
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I researched the best way
to create a new persona.
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I would create an identity
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as a pro big-game hunting photographer
and videographer intern.
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The role would allow me to film openly,
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without making people suspicious.
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So how does one create a fake identity
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to travel to Africa and save lions?
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First thing I needed was a new name.
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I kept my first name,
but changed my middle and last name.
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That way, if I accidentally ran into
someone who knew me
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when I was using my new identity,
no alarm bells would ring.
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Next, I set up new social media accounts.
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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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In case someone searched me
on the Internet.
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I added friends and joined groups
that would suit my new persona.
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And in no time, these new people
were accepting my friend requests.
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The final thing I did
was create a fake website,
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promoting my photographic and film skills.
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Soon, I felt confident that if someone
searched me on the Internet,
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they would believe I was who I said I was.
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So I created a list
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of everyone who represented themselves
as trophy lion huntsmen,
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and I emailed all of them.
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But all I got was rejections,
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and I wanted to give up.
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And then, when a hunter
called Pieter Kriel emailed me
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and invited me on a hunt,
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I accepted.
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[dramatic percussive music]
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[Joni]
Okay, I got a little ahead of myself.
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Let's start from the beginning.
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Like a lot of millennials,
I get my news on social media.
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So, when I saw a post saying that
lions were on the verge of extinction,
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I was left in disbelief.
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But when I couldn't find the reason why,
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I realized the only way
I would find the truth
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was to go back to Africa.
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[police sirens, cars honking]
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Africa's a very poor continent
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with a corrupt
and misguided political system.
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The enormous growth
of the human population
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has caused
habitat encroachment on animals,
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resulting in mass extinctions.
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Africa is crazy.
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While the then-President of Zimbabwe
condemned trophy hunters,
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he also feasted on baby elephant
and lion for his birthday.
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And Asia has substituted
in their medicines and soups
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lion bones for tiger bones
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due to the fact that almost no tigers
are left in the world.
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But none of this answered my question.
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Why is it not public knowledge
that lions are so endangered?
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And what is the reason
for their imminent demise?
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I decided to track down the prominent
South African artist and socialite,
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whose social media post was the one
that had sparked my initial curiosity.
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His name was Conor McCreedy.
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He claimed to be conserving the lion
through his foundation P.A.L,
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or Protecting African Lions.
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[people chanting] Save our lions!
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P.A.L. was established to protect both
wild and captive-raised lions,
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which are lions
born and bred in captivity.
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As the founder,
I hoped he could offer some insights
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as to why lions are becoming extinct.
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The lion will become extinct
if we do not act.
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We need to protect
Africa's most majestic animal.
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I set up P.A.L. because,
well, it's very simple,
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I wanted to protect and preserve
the king of the African jungle,
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which is the King of the Jungle, the lion.
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Are you in, or are you out?
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That's... that was a bit off.
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[Joni] I wanted to help Conor.
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You're either in or you're out.
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[Joni] So I tried filming
some promotional work for him.
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Are you in or are you out?
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I mean, look, I wouldn't be the expert
to tell you what it is,
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but I think it's wrong,
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and it's... it's-- it's--
it needs to be stopped.
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[Joni]
The more I listened to Conor talk,
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the more concerned I became about
his lack of knowledge on the subject.
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Well, it depends. I mean,
it's not going to be long
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if we continue at this rate.
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Um, not at all, I mean, it's, uh...
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they're declining at a rapid rate.
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[Joni] His inability to answer
my questions about lions
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made me concerned
about his true motivations.
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One of my greatest inspirations
and mentors throughout my life
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was Nelson Mandela.
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And standing by my side
throughout this initiative,
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and a part of the team,
is his grandson Ndaba Mandela.
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Flanking me with Rohan Marley,
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to go on this journey
and protect the African lion.
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Fuck, I don't know.
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It's a bit deep, that one.
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Little bit of goosebumps there, you know.
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[Conor] Espresso time.
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[Joni] I could see Conor
was not going to save the lions.
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He was an example of the consequences
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of relying on social media for news.
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I needed to get out of town
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and meet people
who were taking real conservation action.
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To understand why lions
are becoming extinct,
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and how to save them.
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[lion lowing]
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[children chatting and laughing]
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I could see why it's hard to know
that lions are endangered,
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when they were all around me.
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Hi!
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[Joni] How many lions
do you breed on the property?
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Here in the park, uh...
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You can kneel down there and touch her.
She needs to know you're there.
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This is amazing!
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Many parks offered
incredible opportunities
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to get up close and personal
with captive-bred lions.
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You could pay to cuddle a cub.
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This way! Let's go, boys!
Come on, yeah, let's go.
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[guests laughing]
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You could even pay
for a one-on-one interaction.
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[Joni gasps]
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Which I don't recommend.
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Mental!
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I got my ass bitten!
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For real!
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But all these lions
are captive-bred lions.
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They are not the same as wild lions,
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and they are not endangered.
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So a captive-bred lion is
any lion that was born in captivity,
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in some sort of pen,
usually quite a small pen.
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[Joni] Paul Funston is from
an organization called Panthera.
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which is the only organization
on the planet
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dedicated to conserving
the world's wild cats.
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[Paul] What you would see
in a captive environment
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is a lot of inbreeding, close breeding,
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the natural processes
which maintain genetic diversity
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in a population are generally not there.
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We suspect that they are
largely genetically compromised
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as a whole.
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[Joni] So if captive-bred lions
are genetically compromised,
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how can they be integrated into the wild
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to replenish and save
the dwindling lion population?
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There's not anybody reintroducing
any lions back in the wild, come on.
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Let's not fool ourselves.
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If there were, I would know about it.
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[Joni] Marnus Roodbol
has spent over two decades
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in lion research and conservation.
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His organization helps farmers
by setting up motion detector lights,
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to frighten the lions away
from attacking their livestock.
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[Marnus] I was very blessed
to get a job in Namibia
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working with rehabitation.
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"Rehabitation" of specific species.
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So I worked at a place for three years,
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um, trying to reintroduce--
"reintroduce" again,
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hand-raised lions.
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But I realized,
it's a money-making scheme.
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It's just to make money fast,
and they exploit animals.
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[Joni]
All the captive-bred lions we have seen
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will ultimately be sold to hunters
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to be killed in canned hunts,
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which are hunts in an enclosed space.
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[Chris] Lions are wild animals,
they should be left in the wild.
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And we should be protecting wild lions.
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[Joni] Although canned hunting
is a controversial practice,
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it is the wild lions
who are facing extinction.
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I realized nothing I had seen,
was helping the wild lion be sustained.
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[Paul] I think we should be
very concerned about wild lions.
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Far more so than I think
the world has actually taken note of.
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From the estimates that are available,
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we've seen an 85% decline
of wild lions in the last 21 years.
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Without a shadow of a doubt,
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the greatest predator of the wild lion
is human beings.
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[Joni] The greatest causes
of wild lion extinction are...
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human encroachment,
the bush meat trade,
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the growing lion bone demand,
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trophy hunters.
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So even though hunters
are not the only threat,
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I learnt the smoke screen they create
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clouds our view, so we do not know
that lions are endangered.
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And that's what makes them
the greatest threat.
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[Debby] Hunting is obviously
a very controversial subject.
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On a personal basis,
I totally disagree with hunting.
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However, I do totally understand
the need for hunting
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where there is a financial need.
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Realistically, unless something has
a value, it's not going to be protected.
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And hunting has done that,
historically, for wildlife.
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It has given wildlife a value.
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[Joni] And this is the central argument
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of the trophy hunting industry.
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How do you justify what you have done?
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Well, I justify it
in the name of conservation.
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I justify it in a belief system
and sustainable use.
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It is disingenuous to suggest
this is anything other than
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a conservation initiative
to maximize revenue
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for the conservation of the species.
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[Joni]
They believe that by hunting animals,
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they're giving them an economic value
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that benefits the whole country.
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And therefore shows
the survival of the species.
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Or as a hunter says,
"If it pays, it stays."
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Hunters have a very special relationship
with the animals they pursue.
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Only hunters know
the hunting relationship.
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Hunting is a small, vociferous minority
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and the money from hunting
stays in that hunting business.
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It doesn't get spread through the economy.
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[Joni] I was totally confused.
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The hunters were also claiming
to be conservationists,
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and their arguments on face value
were quite valid.
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[Chris] Isn't it sad?
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The only person who's speaking out
exclusively in favor of lions
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can only type with one finger.
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[Joni] I didn't know who to believe.
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But Chris stood out
as a knowledgeable person I could trust.
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[Joni] I did want to save the lions.
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But to understand why and how
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trophy hunters are driving
lions to extinction,
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I needed unfiltered access
to them and their world.
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Remember my fake identity?
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Joni Michelle Kiser.
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Video and photographic hunting intern.
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[Pieter] Take your finger off the trigger,
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disengage,
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now engage.
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Lean forward slightly into the shot,
there you go.
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[gunshot]
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[Joni] I didn't expect it
to sound like that.
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[Pieter] Easy as that.
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Now you just need to hit a target
that's moving at 100 miles an hour.
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[Pieter] I have been hunting
professionally. This is my 17th year.
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We grew up hunting.
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Many years ago, we lived in Rhodesia,
which today is Zimbabwe.
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My father was a great outdoorsman.
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He liked to go hunting,
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and the love of hunting
was installed by him.
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And when we moved to South Africa,
we continued to hunt.
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And to this day, all three of us brothers,
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we just passionately love to go hunting.
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As and when we can.
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By and large most hunters who come out
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are hunters who
would like to go for plains game
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as a starter.
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For the dangerous game,
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that would be the big five,
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rhino,
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Cape buffalo,
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elephant, lion, and leopard.
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And one of the more dangerous animals
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would be the hippo.
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Of the six, I've done all six.
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[two gunshots]
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[Joni]
I was invited into a covert world
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I would get to know all too well.
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[gunshot]
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They hunted and killed dinner that night
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and took it to the skinning shed.
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[sinister music]
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[indistinct chatter]
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I didn't know how to act.
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I was completely isolated,
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and death was all around me.
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[Joni whispering]
I moved everything across...
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I was really worried
about what I'd got myself into.
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[birds tweeting]
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After a sleepless night,
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I arrived at breakfast
to meet my first clients
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and our hunting chef.
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Salad, scrambled eggs,
curried vegetables,
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cheese grillers, bacon, bread.
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[Anton] I think my best speciality
would be, uh,
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is zebra fillet.
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And the zebra lasagna that we make,
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that's of a really good standard,
and the people normally like it a lot.
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[John] The accommodation here is good.
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The people are friendly, very nice.
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And the food was fantastic.
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[Joni]
Our patrons were from Singapore,
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but most trophy clients
come from the USA and Europe.
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Before we hunted,
we ventured into town to collect supplies.
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42% of Americans live in houses with guns.
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But until now, I had never held one.
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Let alone been in a hunting store.
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When you approach the scope,
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you will then go forward
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until you get the perfect round
or full-view picture of the scalp.
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If you had done this and you would fire,
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that would normally give you
what they call a half-moon or a cut
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on your forehead.
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So you would just
keep that in that position
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and then obviously fire from there.
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[Joni] How many people come
to shoot big game here?
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Like how many people
want big rifles?
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Thousands, yeah,
thousands in South Africa.
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We get a lot of overseas hunters
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coming to South Africa especially
for shooting large game, dangerous game.
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[Joni] A lot of Americans?
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Americans...
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From what I understand,
a lot of Spanish people.
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Spanish people really love
hunting in South Africa.
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Portuguese as well.
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[sales associate]
A little bit here, there you go.
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Yeah, that one there,
that would be a lot heavier,
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at the end of the day, yeah.
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But it doesn't, I gotta just look through
the little bit at the front, right?
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[Pieter] Safety on first.
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Safety--
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First. Always.
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-Yeah, okay.
-Always.
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Alright, when you're ready,
then you can push it forward.
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Okay.
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Okay, take your finger away.
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Yeah.
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Now push it forward,
then put your finger on the trigger.
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Otherwise, both go off at the same time.
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You don't want that.
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[Joni] Knowing that these men paid tens
of thousands of dollars for the hunt,
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I presumed they would
be experienced marksmen.
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-[Pieter and John chat indistinctly]
-I had a vision of Clint Eastwood
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rocking up on a horse
for target practice.
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But the reality was very different.
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[gunshot]
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[gunshot]
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[John] Left.
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[Joni] The men encouraged me
to try to shoot a rifle.
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[gunshot]
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To my total amazement,
I was a pretty decent shot.
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-Not too bad.
-Not too shabby.
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But I preferred standing behind my camera.
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And I carried a spare camera
that I gave to locals to film me.
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I loved seeing what
they had filmed every night.
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Everyone bought into the idea
I was a young trophy intern.
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And even though I was pretty convincing,
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I was always afraid of being found out.
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After all, I was alone
every day in the African bush,
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with men and guns.
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Pieter was always testing me.
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Making sure I was able to hold my own
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before I was allowed
on one of his lion hunts.
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Our client's first target was a blesbok
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on a wide open terrain
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with nowhere for the animal to hide.
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[gunshot]
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[overlapping chatter]
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[Pieter] Good shot.
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He's going down, he's going down.
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Yep, he's going down.
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00:24:26,208 --> 00:24:31,791
[Pieter humming "The Blue Danube"]
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It's going down.
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00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:37,041
It's down.
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[Joni] I would later learn that
sitting on a truck shooting
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was legal, but against hunting ethics.
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It's gone over just above the haunch
or just through the haunch.
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It's a perfect, perfect shot.
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Yes, it's my first kill.
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[Joni] How do you feel?
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I feel good.
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-[Joni] You feel good?
-Finally I got one.
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The Singapore dudes had a grocery list
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of animals they wanted to kill.
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And Pieter made more money
with every kill.
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One, two, three, up!
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[somber music playing]
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[Joni] You can't wait to shoot one too?
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Yeah.
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[indistinct chatter]
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[Joni] I had never seen
animals killed before.
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[Pieter] I have never seen such a shot,
that's how good it is.
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[laughter]
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[Joni] But if I blocked
the hunting part from my mind,
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I realized how much I loved the experience
of living in the African bush.
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[epic orchestral music]
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Waking up at five a.m. every morning
and watching the sunrise in Africa
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was everything I dreamed it would be.
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The trip so far has been good, nice.
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I just hope that I will be able
to get... find a zebra today.
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I'm hoping my brother
can get his birthday present.
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His zebra.
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And I think the zebra is going
to be a really good gift.
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Actually, I'm gonna shoot it for him.
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[Joni] We set off early that morning
to hunt a zebra.
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But on route, our guide caught sight
of an impressive kudu
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with magnificent horns.
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[Pieter] Down by the neck,
you see that white?
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[Pieter] You can take the shot.
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[gunshot]
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[John] I think you got it.
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-[overlapping chatter]
-[Wayne] Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got it.
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[guide] He's down.
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[guide] Do you wanna take the death shot?
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I wanna finish him off,
get it over and done with.
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00:27:39,666 --> 00:27:41,333
-[Joni] Yes.
-[guide] Do you want to do it?
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Let's go ahead and shoot it.
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[Joni] Trophy hunters try
not to shoot an animal in the head
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because it ruins their trophy.
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That means animals
are often left to die slowly.
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[gunshot]
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00:28:17,583 --> 00:28:18,625
Well done, young man.
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00:28:19,166 --> 00:28:21,166
This is a once in a lifetime trophy.
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00:28:23,791 --> 00:28:26,041
Good, let's see your hand.
453
00:28:26,916 --> 00:28:28,583
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
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00:28:28,958 --> 00:28:29,958
I'm proud of my son.
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He's got the one he has come here for.
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He has always wanted to shoot a kudu.
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And he's got it.
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[Joni]
But our hunting safari wasn't over yet.
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We had a few more days
and still needed to find a zebra
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to complete all the animals
they wanted to kill.
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And of course, we did.
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[gunshot]
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Pieter made sure that his clients
killed all the animals on their list.
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Our last stop was the taxidermist.
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So we do the tanning,
this is the tanning section over here.
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It was time for big decisions.
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How they would stuff
and mount their kills,
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to show off back home.
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00:29:35,041 --> 00:29:36,708
That's the real skull of the animal, yep.
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We bleach them, we treat them,
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so they stay nice and white
like that always.
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Everything is done above board
with the necessary hunting permits,
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approval from nature conservation, so--
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[Joni] So these are all wild lions?
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These are wild lions,
they are not canned lions.
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There's no little fences or anything.
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00:29:54,041 --> 00:29:56,958
Like, they're free roaming.
We don't see anything wrong with that.
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00:30:02,791 --> 00:30:05,000
I don't think into Singapore
at the moment.
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00:30:05,083 --> 00:30:08,750
Australia, they don't allow
importation of lion trophies at all.
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They've banned it completely.
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[Joni whispering]
Is that a full grown elephant?
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How much is that elephant?
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-The elephant?
-Yeah.
484
00:30:19,541 --> 00:30:22,041
I think that one was $50,000.
485
00:30:22,541 --> 00:30:23,500
Oh, really?
486
00:30:23,625 --> 00:30:26,416
Not sure what the hunting costs
are involved in the trophy.
487
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:28,000
We don't really deal with that side.
488
00:30:28,166 --> 00:30:31,000
-[Joni] Right, you just fill it.
-So this is just the taxidermy part of it.
489
00:30:34,208 --> 00:30:36,166
[Joni]
Hunters publicize that in one year,
490
00:30:36,250 --> 00:30:41,083
19 thousand trophies
contributed $426 million
491
00:30:41,166 --> 00:30:43,041
to African hunting conservation
492
00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:45,000
and 53,000 jobs.
493
00:30:46,125 --> 00:30:49,000
But economists say, we have no real proof
494
00:30:49,083 --> 00:30:51,791
that any of the money
goes to actual conservation.
495
00:30:53,333 --> 00:30:58,083
What we do know is tourism
brings in $17 billion a year.
496
00:30:58,958 --> 00:31:02,750
But no tourists will come
to an Africa without animals.
497
00:31:03,708 --> 00:31:06,750
[dog barking]
498
00:31:17,166 --> 00:31:21,041
It was hard to see where the so-called
conservation money was actually going.
499
00:31:27,958 --> 00:31:30,125
[dramatic music plays]
500
00:31:37,583 --> 00:31:40,458
[Debby] If trophy hunting had to
501
00:31:40,541 --> 00:31:43,583
go for the oldest, the lamest,
the sickest of the animals,
502
00:31:43,708 --> 00:31:45,666
then I wouldn't have
a problem with it at all.
503
00:31:45,958 --> 00:31:48,416
It would just be
speeding up a natural process.
504
00:31:49,041 --> 00:31:49,958
But they don't.
505
00:31:50,833 --> 00:31:53,666
Trophy hunting wants the biggest,
the best, the strongest,
506
00:31:54,291 --> 00:31:56,791
and normally in
a hunting situation these days
507
00:31:56,875 --> 00:32:00,125
with the high powered rifles,
weapons, etcetera, it's not a fair fight.
508
00:32:00,208 --> 00:32:03,041
So you're going in,
you're taking out the strongest,
509
00:32:03,125 --> 00:32:05,750
and we are slowly weakening
the gene pool.
510
00:32:06,625 --> 00:32:08,708
[Marnus]
People that is coming out here to hunt
511
00:32:09,041 --> 00:32:10,416
is people that's bored.
512
00:32:10,791 --> 00:32:13,250
I found that people do the weirdest things
when they're bored.
513
00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:15,333
Or when they have just too much money.
514
00:32:15,416 --> 00:32:17,083
So everybody tries to fill their need,
515
00:32:17,166 --> 00:32:19,125
or they're trying to do this,
or they wanna do that,
516
00:32:19,708 --> 00:32:21,416
but it's a sign that they--
they're bored,
517
00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:22,458
they have too much money,
518
00:32:22,583 --> 00:32:24,458
and it's a massive emptiness
519
00:32:24,833 --> 00:32:25,750
they're trying to fill.
520
00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:27,958
[Joni] Was Marnus right?
521
00:32:28,291 --> 00:32:30,416
Are people hunting because they're bored?
522
00:32:37,041 --> 00:32:38,958
I was excited when Pieter called again
523
00:32:39,250 --> 00:32:41,125
and invited me on another hunt,
524
00:32:41,666 --> 00:32:43,250
proving he trusted me.
525
00:32:43,333 --> 00:32:44,791
And my skills were improving.
526
00:32:47,166 --> 00:32:48,458
[Joni] Gimme a thumbs up, boys.
527
00:32:51,416 --> 00:32:53,208
Interning for Pieter, I had learnt
528
00:32:53,291 --> 00:32:56,791
trophy photos are not
like traditional photos.
529
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,708
[Pieter] We have to do
this one really quick.
530
00:33:00,250 --> 00:33:01,666
The animal had to be cleaned
531
00:33:02,041 --> 00:33:05,125
as the clients did not want
to see any blood on their trophy photos.
532
00:33:07,041 --> 00:33:10,083
The presentation of the animal
is also very important.
533
00:33:10,791 --> 00:33:11,708
Propping it up.
534
00:33:12,250 --> 00:33:14,333
Making it look life-like and sleek.
535
00:33:15,083 --> 00:33:17,291
And the most important element
of the photo
536
00:33:17,458 --> 00:33:19,958
was, of course, the hunter's position.
537
00:33:20,750 --> 00:33:22,916
The hunters usually posed
behind the animal
538
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,291
in a dominant fashion.
539
00:33:24,666 --> 00:33:27,750
Requiring the photographer to get
as low to the ground as possible,
540
00:33:28,666 --> 00:33:31,583
to ensure they look like the perfect hero.
541
00:33:32,958 --> 00:33:36,375
I also learned trophy hunters
were usually white men,
542
00:33:36,791 --> 00:33:38,708
and any other people in the photo,
543
00:33:38,791 --> 00:33:41,625
such as women, children
or other nationalities,
544
00:33:42,166 --> 00:33:43,666
take a less dominant role.
545
00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:49,333
As part of maintaining my alias,
546
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:51,416
I created a new Instagram account.
547
00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:53,375
And I was regularly updating it
548
00:33:53,458 --> 00:33:55,708
with the trophy hunting photos
I was taking.
549
00:33:57,083 --> 00:33:58,250
What I didn't expect
550
00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:02,250
was the abuse I started to receive
from so-called anti-hunters.
551
00:34:03,125 --> 00:34:05,166
This wasn't my real Instagram,
552
00:34:05,375 --> 00:34:07,708
but it was hard not to take
the comments personally.
553
00:34:08,458 --> 00:34:12,000
"It would be great watching you
turn into a fancy meal for the big cats."
554
00:34:12,083 --> 00:34:15,000
"How about getting
your kids killed the same way?"
555
00:34:15,291 --> 00:34:16,916
"Fuck you, bitch."
556
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,750
"And I really, really hope
you're going to die soon."
557
00:34:22,791 --> 00:34:25,000
How is it that anyone believes
558
00:34:25,083 --> 00:34:29,125
intimidation, bullying and death threats
can create positive change?
559
00:34:31,291 --> 00:34:33,000
I knew that death threats to hunters
560
00:34:33,125 --> 00:34:35,041
wasn't going to save the lion.
561
00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:38,333
So I continued with my covert mission
562
00:34:38,416 --> 00:34:39,666
to find out what would save them.
563
00:34:42,541 --> 00:34:44,583
By going along on
another hunt with Pieter.
564
00:34:50,083 --> 00:34:53,166
Maybe, if I proved myself one more time,
565
00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:55,000
he would take me on a lion hunt.
566
00:34:55,583 --> 00:34:59,500
So en route at the moment to
meet the clients, Ralph and Tini.
567
00:34:59,916 --> 00:35:00,833
Wish me luck.
568
00:35:04,541 --> 00:35:06,625
Ralph was
an experienced hunter from Europe.
569
00:35:10,625 --> 00:35:13,500
And the game he was going for
was much bigger.
570
00:35:14,083 --> 00:35:16,041
[tense music playing]
571
00:35:25,583 --> 00:35:28,708
[indistinct chatter]
572
00:35:36,791 --> 00:35:38,541
[gunshot]
573
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,750
[gunshot]
574
00:35:47,500 --> 00:35:48,958
Ralph just fired another shot.
575
00:36:22,541 --> 00:36:24,750
[Pieter] Stay away from the feet
at all times.
576
00:36:50,416 --> 00:36:52,333
[Pieter] Okay, now everybody,
move out of the side.
577
00:36:52,416 --> 00:36:54,166
We're just going to
give him a finishing shot.
578
00:36:54,250 --> 00:36:55,916
Ralph, you need to give him one more shot.
579
00:36:57,625 --> 00:36:58,541
Shoot him right there.
580
00:37:01,208 --> 00:37:03,666
[indistinct chatter]
581
00:37:03,958 --> 00:37:06,166
Pick the rifle up, something like that.
582
00:37:06,250 --> 00:37:09,375
-Like this, yeah?
-Yes, yes.
583
00:37:12,541 --> 00:37:13,833
[gunshot]
584
00:37:14,375 --> 00:37:15,583
Perfect position.
585
00:37:23,083 --> 00:37:25,375
[giraffe moans]
586
00:37:25,875 --> 00:37:28,166
[sad piano music plays]
587
00:37:32,958 --> 00:37:35,625
So this skin, Ralph,
you start in the passage.
588
00:37:35,708 --> 00:37:37,166
Then you run it down the passage.
589
00:37:37,250 --> 00:37:39,625
You go left up the stairs,
to the top story.
590
00:37:50,208 --> 00:37:51,416
[Pieter] He took a great shot,
591
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,125
and giraffe's now going to Germany.
592
00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:05,833
[Joni] But honestly,
I didn't know if I had it in me
593
00:38:06,041 --> 00:38:07,458
to continue with this ruse.
594
00:38:12,916 --> 00:38:16,083
The giraffe is one of the
most graceful animals in the jungle.
595
00:38:17,500 --> 00:38:19,166
But what many people do not know
596
00:38:19,416 --> 00:38:22,458
is that a giraffe's kick
can decapitate a lion.
597
00:38:24,583 --> 00:38:27,625
Lions are far more vulnerable
than people imagine.
598
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,208
[Debby]
A lion is an iconic symbol of Africa.
599
00:38:34,541 --> 00:38:38,416
And for some reason,
there is this misguided belief
600
00:38:38,708 --> 00:38:41,166
that you are not a man
until you've shot a lion.
601
00:38:41,958 --> 00:38:44,875
[Jack]
This will be my sixth safari in Africa.
602
00:38:45,333 --> 00:38:47,750
I hunt because I like the hunt.
603
00:38:47,833 --> 00:38:49,083
Uh, I enjoy it.
604
00:38:50,250 --> 00:38:52,333
When I was a small boy growing up in Iowa,
605
00:38:52,416 --> 00:38:54,791
I'd read all the outdoor magazines
606
00:38:54,875 --> 00:38:57,875
and would basically
dream of hunting in Africa.
607
00:38:58,166 --> 00:39:01,041
I think by and large,
the largest number of hunters
608
00:39:01,125 --> 00:39:04,041
that I've guided on lion hunts
have been from the USA.
609
00:39:04,125 --> 00:39:08,083
I love hunting because
the exercise, the variety,
610
00:39:08,166 --> 00:39:12,291
the challenges, the different species,
and beating them in their own habitat.
611
00:39:12,375 --> 00:39:14,916
[Pieter] Are you going to shoot
from the truck or from the stakes?
612
00:39:16,166 --> 00:39:19,291
-If possible from the truck, I will.
-[Pieter] Then we shoot from the truck.
613
00:39:19,958 --> 00:39:21,250
[gunshot]
614
00:39:21,333 --> 00:39:22,583
[David] I started hunting at 15.
615
00:39:23,583 --> 00:39:24,708
I was always a fisherman,
616
00:39:24,791 --> 00:39:26,958
but my uncle gave me
a shotgun for Christmas
617
00:39:27,125 --> 00:39:29,083
and it created a monster.
618
00:39:29,875 --> 00:39:32,250
[chuckles]
I don't fish much anymore.
619
00:39:33,375 --> 00:39:35,000
What is this need behind hunting?
620
00:39:35,083 --> 00:39:38,166
Why do American men feel
that they have to shoot a lion
621
00:39:38,458 --> 00:39:41,333
to feel-- it's a rite of passage,
I presume, I don't know.
622
00:39:41,625 --> 00:39:44,250
To feel like they are actually worth
something in this life.
623
00:39:45,041 --> 00:39:47,958
[Pieter] Part of the American culture that
is the same as South African
624
00:39:48,083 --> 00:39:49,958
would be the love of hunting.
625
00:39:50,041 --> 00:39:53,083
Which is transferred from father to son,
father to daughters.
626
00:39:53,458 --> 00:39:56,583
And in many cases,
we even have lady hunters
627
00:39:56,833 --> 00:40:00,125
from the USA that really love
to come out here and hunt.
628
00:40:00,666 --> 00:40:05,291
And I found them to be extremely
good hunters and quite good shots also.
629
00:40:06,375 --> 00:40:08,166
Ready for your first African animal?
630
00:40:08,291 --> 00:40:09,333
Yes.
631
00:40:10,458 --> 00:40:11,375
Feeling good?
632
00:40:11,833 --> 00:40:14,125
[Joni] My alias had taken off.
633
00:40:14,208 --> 00:40:17,333
I was now being asked to work
with different professional hunters.
634
00:40:18,208 --> 00:40:20,916
My latest safari was with a new hunter
635
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,916
and a father-daughter duo.
636
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:27,000
Hi, my name is Rachel.
I am here on my first Africa hunt,
637
00:40:27,083 --> 00:40:29,583
which is pretty darn amazing.
638
00:40:29,791 --> 00:40:31,041
Um, I'm with my dad.
639
00:40:31,125 --> 00:40:32,916
I didn't know that was a lion!
640
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:34,083
What did you think it was?
641
00:40:34,208 --> 00:40:35,375
I didn't know!
642
00:40:36,208 --> 00:40:37,750
You're freakin' hilarious.
643
00:40:38,041 --> 00:40:40,000
[Bob] This time I get
to bring my daughter,
644
00:40:40,083 --> 00:40:43,583
which is a very good privilege
for me to have her here with me.
645
00:40:43,666 --> 00:40:45,250
Oh, I'm super excited.
646
00:40:45,958 --> 00:40:48,958
I waited two years to come here,
so I am super excited.
647
00:40:51,250 --> 00:40:54,375
-[gunshot]
-[guide] Was very close, you did good.
648
00:40:58,041 --> 00:41:01,041
I am going for, hopefully nyala,
maybe impala
649
00:41:01,166 --> 00:41:02,333
or springbok today.
650
00:41:02,416 --> 00:41:04,166
We'll see what, you know, happens.
651
00:41:05,041 --> 00:41:08,541
-But we'll see what we get there.
-[chuckling]
652
00:41:08,625 --> 00:41:11,583
I think after today's over, I think
Rachel will have a kudu on the ground.
653
00:41:11,708 --> 00:41:12,791
[guide] You never know.
654
00:41:16,125 --> 00:41:17,500
[gunshot]
655
00:41:17,583 --> 00:41:18,541
[guide] Wow!
656
00:41:18,625 --> 00:41:19,541
[Bob] Whoa!
657
00:41:20,708 --> 00:41:22,166
[guide] You got it.
658
00:41:24,666 --> 00:41:26,916
That was quite a shot and a half.
659
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,500
Now you're called Boomer.
660
00:41:29,583 --> 00:41:31,791
[Rachel]
Three springbok in one day, on foot.
661
00:41:32,083 --> 00:41:35,083
Apparently that's the hardest thing
to do, and it's impossible.
662
00:41:35,708 --> 00:41:37,166
We did it!
663
00:41:48,458 --> 00:41:49,583
[Joni] It was a new day.
664
00:41:51,416 --> 00:41:53,083
And we were en route to Bob's hunt
665
00:41:53,666 --> 00:41:55,416
when we took a small detour.
666
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,750
[lion yowls]
667
00:41:58,833 --> 00:41:59,750
[Rachel] I want one.
668
00:41:59,958 --> 00:42:01,250
[Rachel giggles]
669
00:42:01,375 --> 00:42:02,333
[Joni] What did you say?
670
00:42:02,416 --> 00:42:03,541
I said, "I want one."
671
00:42:04,166 --> 00:42:05,666
Hey, cutie.
672
00:42:06,708 --> 00:42:08,750
[Bob] The reason I'm hunting a lion today
673
00:42:08,833 --> 00:42:12,291
is I got word that there was
a problem cat in the area,
674
00:42:12,375 --> 00:42:15,375
that must've traveled south from Botswana,
675
00:42:15,458 --> 00:42:17,041
across river into this area.
676
00:42:17,125 --> 00:42:19,125
So we're going to go after this cat,
677
00:42:19,208 --> 00:42:20,416
hopefully we can locate him
678
00:42:20,500 --> 00:42:21,625
and take him out.
679
00:42:21,708 --> 00:42:24,541
Even though he's a magnificent animal,
680
00:42:24,833 --> 00:42:27,083
but some of these problem cats
have to be taken out
681
00:42:27,166 --> 00:42:30,458
in order to provide safety
for the people in the area.
682
00:42:31,833 --> 00:42:33,541
[Joni] If a lion was attacking a village,
683
00:42:33,625 --> 00:42:35,875
I think they'd have enough
expert hunters in Africa
684
00:42:36,041 --> 00:42:38,333
to not need the help of an American dad.
685
00:42:40,666 --> 00:42:43,625
This was the most important hunt
I'd been on so far.
686
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,541
I'm a little nervous for this today.
687
00:42:46,250 --> 00:42:48,541
Just a little bit, y'know.
688
00:42:48,625 --> 00:42:50,541
Lions and tigers and bears, oh, boy.
689
00:42:51,250 --> 00:42:53,416
-[Rachel] I thought it was, "Oh, my."
-Oh my.
690
00:42:54,625 --> 00:42:55,750
[Rachel] I'm not too worried.
691
00:42:55,833 --> 00:42:58,666
There's gonna be three guys
with lots of ammunition,
692
00:42:58,750 --> 00:43:00,916
so I think we'll be okay.
693
00:43:01,458 --> 00:43:02,875
[Joni] Does the lion have a chance?
694
00:43:03,500 --> 00:43:05,541
The lion does not have a chance.
We're gonna find it.
695
00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:08,250
My dad's gonna get his trophy.
696
00:43:08,333 --> 00:43:09,916
Just like I have.
697
00:43:11,375 --> 00:43:13,916
[Bob] Now as we keep driving,
I think I get a little more nervous,
698
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,375
but I guess once we do cut a fresh track,
699
00:43:16,541 --> 00:43:18,916
we get off, we get our guns,
and get on pursuit.
700
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,541
That's-- I think that's when adrenaline's
gonna start kicking in.
701
00:43:23,291 --> 00:43:25,208
[Bob] We just spotted a track
of one of the lions.
702
00:43:26,208 --> 00:43:29,208
They think the cat might've ventured
in this direction.
703
00:43:35,041 --> 00:43:38,125
[Joni] I was learning, the hunt
is not just about the trophy,
704
00:43:38,291 --> 00:43:40,625
it is about the whole
narrative experience.
705
00:43:50,416 --> 00:43:52,875
So we found ourselves
crawling on the ground.
706
00:43:58,333 --> 00:43:59,750
[Joni]
Tracking pawprints.
707
00:44:00,083 --> 00:44:03,375
[man speaking native language]
708
00:44:04,583 --> 00:44:06,000
Running through the dense brush.
709
00:44:07,291 --> 00:44:10,208
All with the aim of finding
and heroically killing the lion.
710
00:44:10,625 --> 00:44:12,291
We're just looking
for the track right now.
711
00:44:13,208 --> 00:44:14,541
Everybody fanned out.
712
00:44:15,708 --> 00:44:17,666
Trying to figure out
the direction it went.
713
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,166
Nothing yet.
714
00:44:21,250 --> 00:44:22,791
[Joni] But theatrics aside,
715
00:44:23,833 --> 00:44:25,416
the threat was real.
716
00:44:25,833 --> 00:44:27,916
[Joni whispering]
It kinda just dawned on me that
717
00:44:28,125 --> 00:44:30,625
there is something that
can actually kill me.
718
00:44:31,791 --> 00:44:35,125
Lions only act when provoked,
and we were doing just that.
719
00:44:36,916 --> 00:44:39,666
So in defending itself,
it could brutally kill us.
720
00:44:40,791 --> 00:44:44,041
We were just here and now we found
an area where the cat had laid down.
721
00:44:44,250 --> 00:44:46,000
The sand here is still warm.
722
00:44:46,166 --> 00:44:47,916
So it's a good sign he's close.
723
00:44:48,125 --> 00:44:51,375
But the tracker said
he took off running, of course.
724
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:53,750
So... now let the game begin.
725
00:44:56,208 --> 00:44:57,333
[dramatic percussive music]
726
00:45:14,250 --> 00:45:15,500
[guide] Just wait, let him turn.
727
00:45:15,583 --> 00:45:16,916
Shoot him in the shoulder, wait.
728
00:45:17,791 --> 00:45:19,166
[guide] He's looking straight at us.
729
00:45:21,208 --> 00:45:24,708
If you can, just put it on the shoulder,
just to the right.
730
00:45:24,791 --> 00:45:26,791
-Okay.
-Great.
731
00:45:29,875 --> 00:45:31,208
-[gunshot]
-[lion roars]
732
00:45:31,291 --> 00:45:32,458
[guide] Reload!
733
00:45:33,541 --> 00:45:34,708
Shoot him again?
734
00:45:35,208 --> 00:45:37,000
-[heavy breathing]
-[lion growling]
735
00:45:37,083 --> 00:45:38,416
[guide] Should he shoot him again?
736
00:45:39,666 --> 00:45:40,791
[gunshot]
737
00:45:41,041 --> 00:45:42,041
Reload.
738
00:45:46,041 --> 00:45:47,875
[overlapping chatter]
739
00:45:51,375 --> 00:45:52,333
Are you ready?
740
00:45:52,708 --> 00:45:53,833
Don't shoot yet, just wait.
741
00:45:58,708 --> 00:46:00,541
[indistinct chatter]
742
00:46:00,625 --> 00:46:03,125
Put one in there,
just put it in the center of his chest.
743
00:46:04,458 --> 00:46:05,541
[gunshot]
744
00:46:07,125 --> 00:46:08,166
Get another bullet in.
745
00:46:18,833 --> 00:46:20,291
Just, that bit.
746
00:46:21,166 --> 00:46:22,750
Drop it in this side.
747
00:46:31,083 --> 00:46:32,291
Congratulations.
748
00:46:33,250 --> 00:46:34,250
You nailed him.
749
00:46:34,333 --> 00:46:37,083
That first shot was just off to the side,
into the shoulder.
750
00:46:37,208 --> 00:46:38,458
-You hit it.
-That was awesome.
751
00:46:38,666 --> 00:46:39,916
Holy buckets.
752
00:46:41,458 --> 00:46:42,375
Oh, man.
753
00:46:42,458 --> 00:46:43,583
Good job, Dad, good job.
754
00:46:44,333 --> 00:46:45,958
Told you it was a lucky hat.
755
00:46:47,958 --> 00:46:50,583
This is how you hunt the lion.
This is the way to do it.
756
00:46:51,291 --> 00:46:52,750
Track it down, and, uh,
757
00:46:52,833 --> 00:46:55,125
wait for him to stand his ground,
758
00:46:55,291 --> 00:46:56,750
and then the rest is history.
759
00:46:57,250 --> 00:46:59,791
Look at the weight, just to lift this leg.
760
00:47:02,250 --> 00:47:03,833
Unbelievable, look at this.
761
00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:06,791
-He's got a nice mane.
-[Rachel] Nice shot right there.
762
00:47:06,875 --> 00:47:08,708
That was why he told me
to put that one there.
763
00:47:13,583 --> 00:47:14,666
Holy cow.
764
00:47:15,500 --> 00:47:16,416
Woo.
765
00:47:18,458 --> 00:47:19,375
Oh, boy, oh, boy.
766
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:20,916
[Rachel] Holy cow.
767
00:47:21,375 --> 00:47:22,500
One, two, three!
768
00:47:23,333 --> 00:47:25,416
[man speaking native language]
769
00:47:29,958 --> 00:47:31,583
[guide] What do you think of lion hunting?
770
00:47:31,666 --> 00:47:33,666
[Bob] I think it's awesome.
771
00:47:34,416 --> 00:47:35,750
People just don't understand.
772
00:47:35,833 --> 00:47:36,875
They have to be here.
773
00:47:37,125 --> 00:47:39,375
They can't read a book
or listen to what someone else says,
774
00:47:39,458 --> 00:47:41,500
they have to actually come out here
and do this.
775
00:47:42,041 --> 00:47:43,208
Then they'll understand.
776
00:47:43,291 --> 00:47:45,916
But until then, they just gotta
keep their comments to their selves,
777
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,458
because like you said,
it's a beautiful cat,
778
00:47:48,541 --> 00:47:49,791
but it was a problem cat.
779
00:47:49,875 --> 00:47:51,750
So we actually did two things,
780
00:47:51,958 --> 00:47:53,083
we created a hunt,
781
00:47:53,250 --> 00:47:56,250
offered money to the area
with the trophy fees,
782
00:47:56,416 --> 00:47:58,125
and also took out one of the problems,
783
00:47:58,208 --> 00:48:00,750
and also, it makes me shake.
784
00:48:00,833 --> 00:48:01,916
[all laugh]
785
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:03,750
-[guide] Cheers!
-[Bob] Cheers!
786
00:48:03,833 --> 00:48:06,958
-Another successful hunt.
-Well done.
787
00:48:15,625 --> 00:48:17,083
[Joni] The lion hunt was frightening,
788
00:48:17,291 --> 00:48:19,875
and everyone's adrenaline
was out of control.
789
00:48:21,625 --> 00:48:23,750
But that's because
we believe the narrative.
790
00:48:24,375 --> 00:48:26,791
That the lion was the man-eating savage.
791
00:48:29,916 --> 00:48:31,000
Unless provoked,
792
00:48:31,458 --> 00:48:33,500
lions are graceful and timid.
793
00:48:38,791 --> 00:48:42,708
And in 2015, it seemed the world
finally started to realize
794
00:48:43,041 --> 00:48:47,291
the lion was in danger,
and man was the predator.
795
00:48:49,708 --> 00:48:52,958
Worldwide outrage tonight over the death
of Cecil the Lion.
796
00:48:53,041 --> 00:48:55,000
Killed at the hands of
an American dentist.
797
00:48:55,083 --> 00:48:59,041
[reporter 2] In Zimbabwe, Cecil the Lion
was as famous as Simba.
798
00:48:59,125 --> 00:49:02,125
That is until this
Minnesota dentist came along.
799
00:49:02,291 --> 00:49:05,291
He claims his trophy killing of
Cecil the Lion was legal.
800
00:49:05,375 --> 00:49:08,333
But it's reigniting a fierce debate
over big game hunting.
801
00:49:08,416 --> 00:49:11,125
[Jimmy Kimmel] Why are you
shooting a lion in the first place?
802
00:49:11,208 --> 00:49:13,625
Is it that difficult for you
to get an erection
803
00:49:13,708 --> 00:49:15,291
that you need to kill things?
804
00:49:15,791 --> 00:49:18,916
[reporter 3] Animal rights advocates
hope the outrage at this dentist
805
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,958
will bring greater protection
for the lions.
806
00:49:22,625 --> 00:49:24,416
[Joni] The outrage over the death of Cecil
807
00:49:24,500 --> 00:49:27,750
prompts the Obama administration
to make it almost impossible
808
00:49:27,833 --> 00:49:31,250
to import lion trophies
into The United States.
809
00:49:31,458 --> 00:49:34,416
[reporter 4] The Obama administration
listed the lion as threatened,
810
00:49:34,500 --> 00:49:37,625
and barred Americans from
bringing them back as trophies.
811
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,000
[Joni]
Americans are the greatest importer
812
00:49:40,083 --> 00:49:42,916
of lion trophy parts and products
in the world.
813
00:49:43,416 --> 00:49:48,458
With 64% of lion trophy kills
attributed to American hunters.
814
00:49:48,875 --> 00:49:51,625
If the Obama ban now meant
that trophy imports were illegal,
815
00:49:51,791 --> 00:49:54,500
it would be game over
for lion trophy hunters,
816
00:49:54,625 --> 00:49:57,500
and my mission would've
been serendipitously fulfilled.
817
00:49:59,166 --> 00:50:00,583
I traveled to The United States
818
00:50:01,416 --> 00:50:04,583
to attend an annual SCI convention
in Las Vegas.
819
00:50:07,291 --> 00:50:10,083
I wanted to understand
where America really stood
820
00:50:10,291 --> 00:50:12,125
on lion trophy importation.
821
00:50:12,750 --> 00:50:15,125
I'm here in Vegas, going to SCI,
822
00:50:15,208 --> 00:50:16,708
Safari Club International,
823
00:50:16,791 --> 00:50:18,833
which is the biggest hunting
convention in the world,
824
00:50:19,333 --> 00:50:21,166
and I'm pretty nervous.
825
00:50:23,125 --> 00:50:25,541
SCI, or Safari Club International,
826
00:50:25,625 --> 00:50:29,916
is the largest organization
of hunters in The United States.
827
00:50:31,416 --> 00:50:32,458
[scooter horn honks]
828
00:50:35,375 --> 00:50:38,250
It claims to have over 50,000 members,
829
00:50:38,583 --> 00:50:41,291
and is dedicated to protecting
their rights to hunt
830
00:50:41,375 --> 00:50:43,958
and animal conservation worldwide.
831
00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:46,500
If anyone would have answers,
832
00:50:46,583 --> 00:50:47,750
I felt they would.
833
00:50:50,125 --> 00:50:51,833
[Chris]
Isn't that who you're looking for?
834
00:50:52,250 --> 00:50:54,208
[Joni] I brought a friend
undercover with me,
835
00:50:54,333 --> 00:50:57,833
who fitted the stereotype
of the classic American hunter.
836
00:50:58,250 --> 00:51:04,166
Being white, middle-aged,
American and male.
837
00:51:06,833 --> 00:51:10,375
[Chris]
Well, I wanted to go hunt lion.
838
00:51:10,458 --> 00:51:12,166
Is that allowed, can we do that?
839
00:51:18,250 --> 00:51:20,833
-[Joni] Well, can you start with--
-[Chris] Yeah, I don't even know.
840
00:51:42,875 --> 00:51:44,291
[Joni] Oh, and then used it as bait?
841
00:51:51,250 --> 00:51:53,000
[Chris] Oh, my God,
there's a whole price list.
842
00:52:06,875 --> 00:52:10,666
[Chris] I didn't realize how big
of an industry hunting really is.
843
00:52:10,750 --> 00:52:14,166
I didn't realize that you could actually
go out and do that
844
00:52:14,583 --> 00:52:15,833
and kill lions like that.
845
00:52:16,083 --> 00:52:18,750
And you could--
What surprised me even more,
846
00:52:18,833 --> 00:52:22,500
was that you kill a hippopotamus
first to use as bait.
847
00:52:23,083 --> 00:52:25,375
That scared the--
That's terrible.
848
00:52:25,750 --> 00:52:26,916
I mean, it's terrible.
849
00:52:27,458 --> 00:52:31,458
And then they have a menu of items
of animals you can kill.
850
00:52:31,541 --> 00:52:33,458
And here's the question,
851
00:52:33,666 --> 00:52:35,833
is it illegal to do
what they're doing or not?
852
00:52:35,958 --> 00:52:36,916
No, it's not illegal.
853
00:52:37,083 --> 00:52:40,333
[Joni] Despite misconceptions,
it is legal to hunt lions.
854
00:52:40,666 --> 00:52:43,291
But no trophy hunter
will want to hunt lions
855
00:52:43,375 --> 00:52:45,041
if they cannot bring
their trophies home.
856
00:52:45,125 --> 00:52:46,916
-[Chris] How are you?
-[Greg] Good, how are you?
857
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:48,416
-I'm Joni.
-[Greg] Hi, Joni, I'm Greg.
858
00:52:48,500 --> 00:52:49,875
-I'm Chris.
-[Greg] Nice to meet you.
859
00:52:50,333 --> 00:52:52,916
[Joni] U.S. Fish & Wildlife
are responsible for enforcing
860
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,458
the government's legislation
on conservation.
861
00:52:56,375 --> 00:52:58,583
I thought they could
clarify the laws for me.
862
00:52:58,708 --> 00:53:01,250
Um, so where are we
standing for this year,
863
00:53:01,333 --> 00:53:02,875
importation of lions from South Africa?
864
00:53:16,875 --> 00:53:19,583
Okay, so it's fine again,
as long as it's wild raised?
865
00:53:20,666 --> 00:53:22,291
[Joni] I can bring a lion and an elephant?
866
00:53:22,375 --> 00:53:24,125
Oh, yes, yes, you can.
867
00:53:55,791 --> 00:53:59,791
Instead of Cecil's death stopping
the importation of wild lion trophies,
868
00:53:59,875 --> 00:54:01,708
it had the opposite effect.
869
00:54:02,416 --> 00:54:04,583
And trophy hunters found
a new smoke screen
870
00:54:04,708 --> 00:54:07,250
so they could keep on killing wild lions.
871
00:54:08,500 --> 00:54:12,916
[Chris Mercer] The hunting industry in
America has thousands and thousands
872
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:15,916
of obscenely wealthy people.
873
00:54:16,291 --> 00:54:19,000
And thousands and thousands
874
00:54:19,083 --> 00:54:23,000
of influential and
politically connected people.
875
00:54:23,125 --> 00:54:24,791
I still hunt,
I've always been a hunter.
876
00:54:24,875 --> 00:54:26,458
It's something I've done for a long time.
877
00:54:26,541 --> 00:54:27,916
I mean, hunting has been good to me.
878
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:30,583
It's kept me out of a lot of trouble
I would've got into growing up.
879
00:54:30,666 --> 00:54:32,416
[Chris Mercer]
There's not the slightest doubt
880
00:54:32,500 --> 00:54:35,416
that the hunting industry has set out
881
00:54:35,541 --> 00:54:36,958
as a matter of strategy
882
00:54:37,291 --> 00:54:40,583
to control its regulatory authorities.
883
00:54:40,666 --> 00:54:43,000
[reporter] Donald Trump
wins the presidency.
884
00:54:43,541 --> 00:54:44,708
History has been made--
885
00:54:44,916 --> 00:54:49,958
[Joni] In 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in
as the new President of The United States,
886
00:54:50,958 --> 00:54:54,375
and the ban on lion trophy importation
was overturned.
887
00:54:55,041 --> 00:54:57,875
[reporter] Just days ago
it was quietly announced
888
00:54:58,083 --> 00:55:00,041
by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
889
00:55:00,125 --> 00:55:02,791
that Americans will once again
be allowed to hunt
890
00:55:03,250 --> 00:55:05,666
and bring home the threatened species.
891
00:55:06,166 --> 00:55:08,416
[Joni] I wanted to know why
the ban was lifted,
892
00:55:08,958 --> 00:55:11,208
and who was making
these new decisions.
893
00:55:12,333 --> 00:55:14,791
The President's son, Donald Trump Jr.,
894
00:55:14,875 --> 00:55:19,250
personally vetted the position
for the Director of Interior
895
00:55:19,333 --> 00:55:21,125
which is Secretary Zinke.
896
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:23,416
[Joni] It is the Secretary of Interior
897
00:55:23,625 --> 00:55:27,541
who is responsible for the management
of conservation in The United States.
898
00:55:28,458 --> 00:55:31,541
Well, I never thought, one, that I
would be Secretary of Interior,
899
00:55:31,625 --> 00:55:34,833
although it fits
my personality really well.
900
00:55:34,958 --> 00:55:36,125
Yeah.
901
00:55:36,208 --> 00:55:38,291
Being the steward of
our greatest treasures.
902
00:55:39,000 --> 00:55:41,875
[Joni] President Trump initially
appointed Ryan Zinke.
903
00:55:42,166 --> 00:55:45,875
Zinke was a well-known hunter
and supporter of trophy hunting.
904
00:55:46,500 --> 00:55:50,041
In November 2017,
one of the first things Zinke did
905
00:55:50,166 --> 00:55:51,416
was announce the creation of
906
00:55:51,500 --> 00:55:54,000
the International Wildlife
Conservation Council,
907
00:55:54,666 --> 00:55:58,000
made up of 16 board members,
who advised the Secretary.
908
00:55:58,291 --> 00:56:01,208
[reporter] President Donald Trump's
new board on wildlife conservation
909
00:56:01,458 --> 00:56:04,333
has certainly come under
a lot of criticism.
910
00:56:04,416 --> 00:56:05,666
The Administration dismantled
911
00:56:05,750 --> 00:56:07,625
an existing wildlife trafficking council.
912
00:56:07,708 --> 00:56:10,625
And now has been replaced
by 16 individuals
913
00:56:10,708 --> 00:56:12,541
that have no conservation experience.
914
00:56:12,750 --> 00:56:14,750
They are mostly trophy hunters.
915
00:56:14,833 --> 00:56:17,791
15 out of 16 have a connection
to trophy hunting.
916
00:56:17,875 --> 00:56:20,083
[Joni] The role of the I.W.C.C.
917
00:56:20,458 --> 00:56:22,625
is to advise the Department of Interior
918
00:56:22,958 --> 00:56:24,583
on trophy importation.
919
00:56:25,250 --> 00:56:28,000
In 2019, Zinke resigned
920
00:56:28,083 --> 00:56:30,250
and was replaced by David Bernhardt,
921
00:56:30,333 --> 00:56:33,333
who's also an established
trophy hunting advocate.
922
00:56:33,416 --> 00:56:36,458
The question is whether
the public will find out
923
00:56:36,875 --> 00:56:39,875
just what this administration
is up to right now.
924
00:56:41,833 --> 00:56:44,625
The global authority on which
animals are considered
925
00:56:44,875 --> 00:56:46,291
threatened or endangered
926
00:56:46,416 --> 00:56:47,791
is the IUCN.
927
00:56:47,875 --> 00:56:51,291
or the International Union for
the Conservation of Nature.
928
00:56:51,375 --> 00:56:53,083
[spokesperson] The IUCN red list
929
00:56:53,333 --> 00:56:56,041
is the world's most comprehensive
information source
930
00:56:56,125 --> 00:56:57,500
on threatened species,
931
00:56:57,625 --> 00:57:00,666
their status,
and their links to livelihoods.
932
00:57:01,166 --> 00:57:03,000
[Joni] The IUCN red list
933
00:57:03,125 --> 00:57:06,916
classifies which animals are at high risk
of global extinction.
934
00:57:07,541 --> 00:57:10,166
Kind of like the Geneva Convention
for wildlife.
935
00:57:11,083 --> 00:57:13,458
Lions are currently listed as vulnerable.
936
00:57:13,791 --> 00:57:15,916
Which means likely
to become endangered.
937
00:57:16,541 --> 00:57:18,208
But once listed as endangered,
938
00:57:18,458 --> 00:57:19,958
it will likely be too late.
939
00:57:21,500 --> 00:57:22,708
And if you dig deeper,
940
00:57:22,833 --> 00:57:26,375
you will see the IUCN list of
financial partners includes
941
00:57:27,000 --> 00:57:28,791
Shell International Petroleum
942
00:57:29,333 --> 00:57:30,916
and Nestlé Nespresso,
943
00:57:31,458 --> 00:57:34,250
whose conservation reputations
are often under attack.
944
00:57:35,125 --> 00:57:36,833
Other such financial partners
945
00:57:37,458 --> 00:57:40,041
include the U.S. Department of Interior.
946
00:57:40,916 --> 00:57:43,416
So it appears the international body
947
00:57:43,500 --> 00:57:46,208
who advises on which animals
should not be hunted
948
00:57:46,375 --> 00:57:49,583
are being influenced by committees
made up of hunters
949
00:57:49,916 --> 00:57:52,791
and organizations with other agendas.
950
00:58:05,041 --> 00:58:08,125
In the wake of Cecil,
I flew back to Johannesburg
951
00:58:08,791 --> 00:58:12,208
to see how the African continent
was dealing with the backlash.
952
00:58:14,625 --> 00:58:16,000
I came across PHASA,
953
00:58:16,125 --> 00:58:18,291
an organization who promotes themselves
954
00:58:18,541 --> 00:58:20,125
as guardians of conservation.
955
00:58:20,583 --> 00:58:22,500
[narrator]
From the southern point of Africa
956
00:58:25,291 --> 00:58:27,666
hails an association
of conservationists.
957
00:58:30,125 --> 00:58:32,625
Their ethics and traditions remain
958
00:58:33,000 --> 00:58:37,041
to become the largest association
of its kind in the world today.
959
00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:39,666
[Joni] And this association
960
00:58:39,791 --> 00:58:42,833
is the Professional Hunters Association
of South Africa.
961
00:58:47,125 --> 00:58:48,791
[indistinct chatter]
962
00:58:49,500 --> 00:58:51,500
[Joni]
PHASA was holding their annual convention
963
00:58:52,083 --> 00:58:55,041
so I went undercover
to hear what was being said.
964
00:58:56,583 --> 00:58:58,916
This is a closed door conference.
965
00:59:01,041 --> 00:59:02,958
Everybody inside the conference
966
00:59:03,041 --> 00:59:05,250
are professional hunters.
967
00:59:05,416 --> 00:59:07,125
This is their livelihood.
968
00:59:07,541 --> 00:59:09,208
This is what they work for.
969
00:59:18,416 --> 00:59:21,083
[Joni] The passing of Cecil
brought lion trophy hunting
970
00:59:21,166 --> 00:59:23,041
to the center of attention
at PHASA.
971
00:59:34,750 --> 00:59:36,958
[Joni] The professional hunters
were consumed by him
972
00:59:37,083 --> 00:59:39,833
and the domino effect he had created
to legislation.
973
01:00:03,750 --> 01:00:07,791
[Joni] The South African Predator
Association was also in attendance.
974
01:00:28,916 --> 01:00:31,666
[Joni] So the hunters' solution
to lion extinction
975
01:00:31,750 --> 01:00:33,375
was kill more and be nicer?
976
01:00:33,458 --> 01:00:35,875
-[whistle blows]
-[gunshots]
977
01:00:37,291 --> 01:00:40,250
[Joni] But they did vote to ban
canned lion hunting here.
978
01:00:40,416 --> 01:00:42,583
However, Cecil was a wild lion,
979
01:00:42,833 --> 01:00:45,708
and two years later,
they overturned that vote as well.
980
01:00:46,125 --> 01:00:47,583
It was business as usual.
981
01:00:48,708 --> 01:00:52,000
Cecil's legacy made no real change
for trophy hunters.
982
01:00:54,583 --> 01:00:56,208
[soft piano music]
983
01:01:11,625 --> 01:01:13,541
It was finally time.
984
01:01:15,583 --> 01:01:17,708
Pieter invited me on a lion hunt.
985
01:01:18,000 --> 01:01:19,458
[overlapping chatter]
986
01:01:20,250 --> 01:01:22,875
His client Ralph had returned,
987
01:01:24,416 --> 01:01:26,708
and it would be
my last mission undercover.
988
01:01:27,250 --> 01:01:29,041
[Pieter] We'll probably do
a lot of walking.
989
01:01:29,458 --> 01:01:32,583
And then once the tracks
get fresh and fresher,
990
01:01:32,666 --> 01:01:34,750
we'll start moving slower and slower.
991
01:01:35,250 --> 01:01:36,833
We're all going to be nervous.
992
01:01:36,916 --> 01:01:39,666
And I think the client is
going to be equally nervous.
993
01:01:39,750 --> 01:01:43,166
Until we finally get
an opportunity of hunting him.
994
01:01:51,541 --> 01:01:54,041
[tense music]
995
01:02:35,166 --> 01:02:38,708
[tense music continues]
996
01:04:32,875 --> 01:04:34,708
[music intensifies]
997
01:05:06,458 --> 01:05:08,541
[Pieter] You can just see his head
sticking out there.
998
01:05:11,416 --> 01:05:13,125
It's a big black mane guy.
999
01:05:16,125 --> 01:05:18,166
Okay, he's feeling safe now,
1000
01:05:18,916 --> 01:05:20,750
because he thinks we can't see him.
1001
01:05:23,250 --> 01:05:24,833
Wait for him to stand up.
1002
01:05:26,375 --> 01:05:28,083
Then I want you to shoot him, please.
1003
01:05:29,958 --> 01:05:31,375
Don't waste any time.
1004
01:05:35,541 --> 01:05:37,083
Okay, get him now.
1005
01:05:37,500 --> 01:05:39,833
Shall I shoot him?
Take the shot?
1006
01:05:41,166 --> 01:05:42,208
[gunshot]
1007
01:05:44,500 --> 01:05:47,458
[men laughing]
1008
01:05:48,458 --> 01:05:50,083
[Pieter] Can you see the tail coming up?
1009
01:05:50,166 --> 01:05:52,375
[Joni] Yeah the tail is coming up.
1010
01:05:54,583 --> 01:05:56,333
Are you guys ready?
1011
01:06:14,708 --> 01:06:16,041
[gunshot]
1012
01:06:20,416 --> 01:06:22,583
Alright, he's gone now.
1013
01:06:23,000 --> 01:06:24,250
I'm moving in.
1014
01:06:29,166 --> 01:06:30,541
Yep, that's good.
1015
01:06:39,666 --> 01:06:40,833
Congrats.
1016
01:06:41,083 --> 01:06:42,083
Very good shooting.
1017
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:06,375
That's the big one, yes sir.
1018
01:07:06,833 --> 01:07:07,916
Absolutely.
1019
01:07:08,916 --> 01:07:10,458
There's his black mane.
1020
01:07:10,541 --> 01:07:13,750
Overall, it's a big lion.
1021
01:07:16,083 --> 01:07:18,416
After this we can go home
and drink a beer.
1022
01:07:18,583 --> 01:07:19,916
Or lots.
1023
01:07:20,208 --> 01:07:21,500
-Or lots.
-Or lots.
1024
01:07:23,000 --> 01:07:27,083
[Joni] We just did the lion hunt
and the lion didn't even roar.
1025
01:07:27,666 --> 01:07:29,458
This whole thing is a fucking farce.
1026
01:07:29,958 --> 01:07:31,375
The lion had no chance.
1027
01:07:31,541 --> 01:07:35,416
This is a... this wasn't a chase.
1028
01:07:35,500 --> 01:07:37,000
This was an execution.
1029
01:07:37,083 --> 01:07:38,625
It's possible to clean?
1030
01:07:38,708 --> 01:07:40,291
And put in a bit like,
1031
01:07:40,375 --> 01:07:42,500
with my arm straight,
he looks still alive.
1032
01:07:43,458 --> 01:07:44,375
We can do that.
1033
01:08:14,833 --> 01:08:17,708
[Joni]I knew trophy hunting
was a way of life for these people.
1034
01:08:20,583 --> 01:08:22,166
But I couldn't witness it anymore.
1035
01:08:26,291 --> 01:08:27,916
[Paul] What is the moral high ground?
1036
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:32,375
Do we accept something
just because it's economically viable,
1037
01:08:32,458 --> 01:08:34,041
it makes money,
1038
01:08:34,166 --> 01:08:37,791
we're sort kind of caught in
a Catch-22 situation with it already.
1039
01:08:38,333 --> 01:08:40,791
Do we accept such an abomination?
1040
01:08:41,333 --> 01:08:42,500
Or do we say no?
1041
01:08:42,708 --> 01:08:45,541
We close it and we find the solutions.
1042
01:08:45,625 --> 01:08:46,916
You know, for when it is closed.
1043
01:08:47,000 --> 01:08:48,708
[Joni] What can these people do instead?
1044
01:08:48,833 --> 01:08:50,875
How can we offer them
the same fulfillment?
1045
01:08:51,166 --> 01:08:54,541
Um, I would say being
a walking safarist is a great way.
1046
01:08:55,083 --> 01:08:57,083
You know, go walk to your big five.
1047
01:08:57,291 --> 01:08:59,125
How cool is that? Go home and take photos.
1048
01:08:59,208 --> 01:09:02,208
It's half the price,
you're supporting tourism,
1049
01:09:02,291 --> 01:09:03,833
you're bringing money into the country.
1050
01:09:03,916 --> 01:09:06,541
you're supporting the guides as well,
that's doing this for a living.
1051
01:09:06,625 --> 01:09:09,041
You could say, "Dude, listen man,
I walked into a lion,
1052
01:09:09,125 --> 01:09:11,166
and it was charging at us flat out,
It was sick.
1053
01:09:11,416 --> 01:09:13,416
You see that little blur?
Cause my camera was blurry,
1054
01:09:13,500 --> 01:09:15,208
cause I was shaking?
That is a lion."
1055
01:09:15,875 --> 01:09:18,375
[Debby] We all need to do better
to look after Africa's animals.
1056
01:09:19,083 --> 01:09:21,250
What is Africa without the wild animals?
1057
01:09:21,333 --> 01:09:22,458
That's Africa.
1058
01:09:23,208 --> 01:09:26,041
And I think we have to take serious
cognizance of where we're sitting.
1059
01:09:26,125 --> 01:09:28,250
We are a generation
1060
01:09:28,708 --> 01:09:30,083
at a point in time
1061
01:09:30,208 --> 01:09:33,333
where our choices are going
to affect the future.
1062
01:09:33,416 --> 01:09:35,250
And we are at that breaking edge.
1063
01:09:35,333 --> 01:09:39,500
Where if we don't do something,
or we don't change it soon,
1064
01:09:40,125 --> 01:09:43,166
we're going to lose iconic species.
1065
01:09:43,750 --> 01:09:47,583
[Joni] There are now many worthy
organizations trying to save lions
1066
01:09:47,666 --> 01:09:50,916
such as Marnus Roodbol Fund,
the Lion Recovery Fund,
1067
01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:52,083
and Panthera.
1068
01:09:52,583 --> 01:09:55,125
[Paul] There are many many
wild protected areas
1069
01:09:55,458 --> 01:09:57,125
in Africa where lions occur.
1070
01:09:57,958 --> 01:10:01,000
15 or 20 of them are really key areas.
1071
01:10:01,750 --> 01:10:03,458
They're key in that they're large,
1072
01:10:03,875 --> 01:10:07,458
they've got the right kind of habitat,
they've got good prey potentially.
1073
01:10:07,541 --> 01:10:09,791
So it's about selecting these key parks,
1074
01:10:10,250 --> 01:10:11,250
and investing in them.
1075
01:10:11,416 --> 01:10:13,916
Not for two to three years,
for 20 to 30 years,
1076
01:10:14,083 --> 01:10:15,291
and onwards.
1077
01:10:15,708 --> 01:10:19,125
That will save lions, and all the
other wildlife that's in Africa.
1078
01:10:19,208 --> 01:10:20,125
We can do it.
1079
01:10:20,791 --> 01:10:22,625
[Joni]
To me, the scientists at Panthera
1080
01:10:22,708 --> 01:10:26,000
have outlined the strongest and
most viable conservation strategy.
1081
01:10:26,625 --> 01:10:30,250
Whereby if we help them fund
and oversee a mere 20 parks a year,
1082
01:10:30,500 --> 01:10:32,333
we can save the wild lion.
1083
01:10:32,833 --> 01:10:35,083
If we had annual management budget,
1084
01:10:35,291 --> 01:10:39,416
of around about two to three
million dollars per key protected area
1085
01:10:39,500 --> 01:10:42,583
we would do fine, to save lions forever.
1086
01:10:44,208 --> 01:10:45,791
[Joni]
Africa's a poor continent,
1087
01:10:46,708 --> 01:10:50,083
without the resources
to protect its wildlife on its own.
1088
01:10:51,916 --> 01:10:54,833
But we are all responsible
for the future of lions
1089
01:10:55,416 --> 01:10:58,708
and have an obligation to save Simba,
and the next Cecil.
1090
01:11:01,125 --> 01:11:04,708
Spain and France still allow
the importation of lion trophies.
1091
01:11:05,333 --> 01:11:09,166
Germans turn a blind eye
on importing endangered species.
1092
01:11:09,583 --> 01:11:11,875
The UK followed America's lead
1093
01:11:11,958 --> 01:11:14,750
and broke a pledge to stop
importing lion trophies.
1094
01:11:15,166 --> 01:11:17,083
And the Coronavirus in Africa
1095
01:11:17,166 --> 01:11:19,958
means corruption
and control is only getting worse.
1096
01:11:20,375 --> 01:11:22,541
Lions have never been in greater peril.
1097
01:11:23,916 --> 01:11:27,458
There are less than 20,000 lions
remaining in the wild.
1098
01:11:28,166 --> 01:11:30,083
We all have to act now.
1099
01:11:31,541 --> 01:11:32,583
Even Pieter.
1100
01:11:34,375 --> 01:11:36,333
So I arranged to have a meeting with him.
1101
01:11:38,125 --> 01:11:39,583
I'm mic'ed up here.
1102
01:11:40,083 --> 01:11:42,208
Running through my little pipe here.
1103
01:11:43,583 --> 01:11:44,750
Hi!
1104
01:11:46,250 --> 01:11:47,791
Okay, so here's the thing.
1105
01:11:47,916 --> 01:11:51,583
You're killing six to ten lions a year.
1106
01:11:52,291 --> 01:11:56,291
So my concern is,
there's 20,000 lions left in Africa.
1107
01:11:57,166 --> 01:12:00,208
Well it means we have to create
more space for lions.
1108
01:12:00,375 --> 01:12:06,375
and we need to get them away from areas
where there is human inhabitation.
1109
01:12:07,375 --> 01:12:10,250
What is the economic value
of having a lion
1110
01:12:10,333 --> 01:12:12,166
if he's in a rural area,
1111
01:12:12,541 --> 01:12:13,875
comes out of the park,
1112
01:12:14,041 --> 01:12:15,625
and starts killing livestock?
1113
01:12:15,875 --> 01:12:17,416
It's more than an economic value.
1114
01:12:17,500 --> 01:12:19,583
We're talking about the fact that
there's only 20,000.
1115
01:12:19,666 --> 01:12:23,250
You're talking about an animal
being on the verge of extinction.
1116
01:12:23,375 --> 01:12:26,291
That means that in five years time
there's going to be no lion.
1117
01:12:26,750 --> 01:12:29,791
No, you cannot say that at this point.
1118
01:12:29,875 --> 01:12:31,083
This is what science is saying.
1119
01:12:31,166 --> 01:12:32,166
No.
1120
01:12:32,250 --> 01:12:35,041
Let's cut to the chase here.
It's scientifically proven at this point
1121
01:12:35,125 --> 01:12:37,000
that we have 20,000 lions
left in the wild.
1122
01:12:37,083 --> 01:12:39,625
And since general conservation
is not being affected by you,
1123
01:12:39,708 --> 01:12:42,583
you killing a lion,
and the trophy fees are not helping.
1124
01:12:42,666 --> 01:12:46,208
What's helping, and what's bringing
billions of dollars in is tourism.
1125
01:12:47,041 --> 01:12:48,375
To see the lions alive.
1126
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:50,500
I could see the penny drop.
1127
01:12:50,708 --> 01:12:54,541
Pieter was realizing that
I was not who I claimed to be.
1128
01:12:54,625 --> 01:12:57,041
Okay, where are you going with this?
1129
01:12:57,125 --> 01:12:59,833
I'm being really clear
where I'm going with this.
1130
01:13:00,250 --> 01:13:02,125
There are 20,000 lions left in Africa.
1131
01:13:02,208 --> 01:13:03,750
There were six to ten lion hunts a year.
1132
01:13:03,833 --> 01:13:06,541
-You've said six to ten lion hunts a year.
-Correct.
1133
01:13:06,625 --> 01:13:09,291
So you are being responsible
for the demise of an animal.
1134
01:13:09,375 --> 01:13:10,666
[chuckles]
1135
01:13:10,875 --> 01:13:14,541
Ah yes, we hunt.
That's what we do for a living.
1136
01:13:15,125 --> 01:13:16,958
I think we're done with this.
1137
01:13:17,791 --> 01:13:19,708
-You're done now?
-Yes, absolutely.
1138
01:13:19,791 --> 01:13:21,375
-Okay.
-Absolutely.
1139
01:13:34,333 --> 01:13:36,416
[Joni]
Pieter, by his own admission,
1140
01:13:36,666 --> 01:13:41,041
is responsible for
the death of 102 to 170 lions.
1141
01:13:41,958 --> 01:13:43,250
But he's not alone.
1142
01:13:45,875 --> 01:13:49,333
There are 1,200 professional hunters
in Africa.
1143
01:13:50,041 --> 01:13:52,250
We do not know how many
offer lion hunts.
1144
01:13:52,875 --> 01:13:53,958
But what we do know,
1145
01:13:54,500 --> 01:13:58,250
is that no amount of money
will bring back the lion
1146
01:13:58,791 --> 01:13:59,750
once it's gone.
1147
01:14:00,291 --> 01:14:01,791
[gunshot]
1148
01:14:02,833 --> 01:14:04,000
[Pieter] He's gone now.
1149
01:14:04,500 --> 01:14:09,000
[Pieter laughing]
1150
01:14:17,750 --> 01:14:21,625
[somber music playing]
86289